Our poetic transmissions focus on the experiences of humans in space in a speculative near-future. They may report on experiments from a research station orbiting Titan, or detail the minutiae of life on a Martian colony, or muse on the tedium of piloting long-haul flights to the outer planets, or a thousand other potential scenarios. Whatever the subject, their aim is to offer fragmentary but revealing glimpses of a human future lived beyond the Kármán line.
The legal bit
This project is not currently funded - it’s the work of three devoted amateurs. Sadly we therefore can’t offer payment for the poems we feature. However, there is the possibility of a book emerging from this work in the future, and naturally, all contributors would receive a copy of anything we might publish.
If your work is featured then of course it remains your copyright. If it appears elsewhere after first appearing on this site then we kindly ask that you acknowledge us!
If you are still interested in contributing something to the project given the above, please email us at projectabeona@gmail.com for more information.
Further Reading
Humanity in Deep Space - a website gathering useful resources on Humanity's voyage out.
Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration
Physiological effects of living in space (via the New York Times)
A City on Mars - a guide to future human settlements
The Universe in Verse - Poetry and Science
'Sunspots' - Poetry, Astrophysics and Astronomy from Simon Barraclough